Rains Bring Floods Evacuations in Southwest Iowa
Severe storms dumped up to 7.5 inches of rain across Mills and Montgomery counties forcing 100 to 150 southwest Iowa families to evacuate. One person died in a Mills County derailment near Emerson. Gov. Ray declared Mills County a disaster area as roads, bridges, and creeks flooded.
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Lowa
Amtrak
Emerson
Mills
Iowa
Robert Ray
Mills County
Red Cross
Omaha
Neb
Malvern
Glenwood
Wales
Montgomery County
Griswold
Farmer Loses Car in County Road Washout Incident
Leo Frederick, a Lisbon area farmer, slid off a washed out road into a culvert while checking storm damage Tuesday morning. He was unhurt and climbed from the car balanced on a metal culvert near Highway 1, two miles south and half a mile west of Martello. Eyeing the washout’s visibility, he noted it wasn’t clearly visible.
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Frederick
Highway 1
Martello
Once-in-100-years storm floods east-central Iowa farms
A rare rainfall event drenched parts of east-central Iowa with up to 6 inches in six hours. Officials called the storm a textbook case of erosion and flooding, with 10 000 acres destroyed in Johnson County and widespread damage across Linn and surrounding counties.
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Iowa
Lynn Betts
Des Moines
Soil Conservation Service
Gazette
Williamsburg
Linn County
Gene Walter
Larry Heaton
Iowa City
Walter
Israeli and Syrian tanks clash near Beirut airport
A tank battle near Beirut airport shattered a four day cease-fire as Israeli and Syrian forces clashed. Arafat was believed trapped in West Beirut amid exchanges with Lebanese Christian forces allied with Israel. US sources predicted Soviet naval pressure in the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
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Lebanon
West
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
West Beirut
Nean
Israel
Syria
Tel Aviv
Hadath
Shweifat
Mideast
Foot Through the TV Sets Mock Humorous Advice
In this humorous index item a quip compares conversational skill to the risky act of putting a foot through a television set, delivering a wry poke at social finesse. The brief reads as light banter on wit and communication.
Thatcher says Britain holds Argentine prisoners in Falklands stalemate
Thatcher stated Britain will keep about 15 000 Argentine prisoners until Argentina accepts peace in the South Atlantic. Rioters in Buenos Aires protested Galtieri as Britain reaffirmed sovereignty over the Falklands 250 miles east of South America.
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Margaret Thatcher
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South Atlantic
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Plaza de Mayo
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Government House
Galtieri
Falklands
United States
Raul Alfonsin
Radical Party
Thatcher
House of Commons
South America
Argent
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